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Trustly

Direct Bank Payments

A global leader in Digital Account-to-Account (A2A) Payments. Trustly’s next-generation solution enables consumers and merchants to pay and receive funds directly through their online bank accounts. With a focus on security, seamless integration, and global reach, Trustly powers faster, safer, and more cost-effective transactions in an increasingly digital economy.

Company Background

  • Technology platform which bypasses the traditional card-based value chain and redefines digital payments in terms of speed, conversion and cost.
  • Serving over 9,000 merchants globally, Trustly enables businesses to boost sales and reduce costs by connecting them with 650 million customers through its network of 12,000 banks spanning more than 30 countries.
  • Trustly puts governance at the core of its sustainability strategy and ensures that its payment products and services are used in compliance with regulations that combat corruption, bribery, money laundering and terrorism financing.

Vision & Outlook

  • Foster Trustly’s global expansion through continued investments into technology and organisation.
  • Support the company's mission to accelerate the evolution towards a card and cash-less society.

Highlights & Updates

  • Entered the US market through its acquisition of Pay with my Bank in 2019 and expanded its presence further to cover Australia and Canada in 2020.
  • In 2022, acquired the platform Ecospend to strengthen its position in the UK. Ecospend’s strong UK A2A product and full bank connectivity will complement and enable Trustly to deliver a market-leading product in the UK, and further accelerate its UK roll-out – one of Europe’s most rapidly growing A2A regions and a core growth market for Trustly.
  • In 2023. Trustly joined forces with SlimPay to revolutionise the recurring payments experience.
  • In 2024, Trustly launched an AI-enabled recurring payments solution designed to improve how merchants handle repeat transactions through a single integration.
  • In 2024, the Company was listed as one of the world’s top 250 fintech companies for 2024 by CNBC.

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SECTOR

Technology & Payments

REVENUES 2023

EUR 240 million

EMPLOYEES

850

OWNERSHIP

Fund IX

INVESTMENT DATE

2018

HEAD OFFICE

Stockholm, Sweden

MANAGEMENT

Johan Tjärnberg

CEO

Adam Miller

CFO

CHAIRPERSON

Morten Hübbe

RESPONSIBLE ADVISOR

Fredrik Näslund

Partner | Chief Investment Process Officer | Head of Technology & Payments

Nordic Capital's Technology & Payments focus

Having invested in the sector for more than two decades, Nordic Capital is one of the most experienced Technology & Payments investors in Northern Europe. Focus is set on companies with great potential to drive superior growth and benefit from fundamental market trends.

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